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>> first of all, you have a relatively big officer, fbi agents doing investigations. as i said before, you trust the pillars of democracy, and if they are vigorous and serious about their responsibilities, then -- in government, you try to support the processes in place in the situation. i'm confident that those folks are working real hard, but they are already, you know, moving forward in some manner and i think the best -- plus, i've got a limited role. i've got a lot to do here on the security side. this is very complicated and difficult. my two things i'm spending a tremendous amount of time on is, one, to make sure we get security and safety, but two, also protect the first amendment rights which are so important when you have, you know, significant horrific acts like this occur. people need to speak. and so protecting that and balancing that with safety is very challenging, and then the second part of that is to get to a dialogue, a constructive dialogue after we're through some of the initial phases here. that's why this morning i went to harris stowe and met w
>> first of all, you have a relatively big officer, fbi agents doing investigations. as i said before, you trust the pillars of democracy, and if they are vigorous and serious about their responsibilities, then -- in government, you try to support the processes in place in the situation. i'm confident that those folks are working real hard, but they are already, you know, moving forward in some manner and i think the best -- plus, i've got a limited role. i've got a lot to do here on the...
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>> we had the community came out, activists, the elders of this community. >> after a briefing from fbi investigators and a meeting with elected officials, holder had an emotional meeting with michael brown's family. his trip to ferguson was intended to reassure the community there will be justice for mike brown delivered, possibly by an entity they can trust. the reason why his visit was so important is because of the chasm of distrust between the community and the st. louis county prosecutor. that investigation is now the subject of a political roar between mcculloch and the governor, which the prosecutor is practically daring the governor to take him out of the case. the governor has the authority to appoint a special prosecutor and mcculloch said he won't step aside unless ordered to do so. last night, the governor said he wouldn't ask him to recuse himself, but "there is a well established process by which a prosecutor can recuse himself from a pending investigation." in other words, each is saying no, you go first. mcculloch tore into the governor on the governor. >> unfortunately
>> we had the community came out, activists, the elders of this community. >> after a briefing from fbi investigators and a meeting with elected officials, holder had an emotional meeting with michael brown's family. his trip to ferguson was intended to reassure the community there will be justice for mike brown delivered, possibly by an entity they can trust. the reason why his visit was so important is because of the chasm of distrust between the community and the st. louis county...
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eric holder came to town to meet with fbi agents who are pursuing an independent parallel investigation. canvassing the neighborhood for witnesses to his death. holder started the day by meeting with community leaders and local students who shared their own experiences dealing with local police. >> we told him some people were targeted, we told him we felt that not only it's racist, people low income are targeted. he told the story, when he was young, he was pulled over by a new jersey police department. state trooper, i'm not sure what they call it in new jersey. he told the story how he was humiliated. they told him to get out of his car and searched his car. >> officials are weighing whether to open a broader civil rights investigation into ferguson's policing practice as a whole. at a lunch stop, we met the man who in many ways has been the face of official dom at the protest. >> last night looked a little bit better? >> the community came out, our activists. they did. >> after a briefing from fbi investigators, holder had an emotional meeting with mike brown's family. his trip to f
eric holder came to town to meet with fbi agents who are pursuing an independent parallel investigation. canvassing the neighborhood for witnesses to his death. holder started the day by meeting with community leaders and local students who shared their own experiences dealing with local police. >> we told him some people were targeted, we told him we felt that not only it's racist, people low income are targeted. he told the story, when he was young, he was pulled over by a new jersey...
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so from the very beginning the commune has been asking for the fbi to get involved, because they didn't trust the local authorities. we have to see what happens when local authorities were handling this case. agains the community is asking for a special prosecutor. because we want everything to be transparent. and i really wish that prosecutor mccullough would just recuse himself so that there's no appearance of unbias of any sort. this is what the community is asking for. >> state representative you just mentioned the divisive election that just happened. i think that's a really important bit of context. folks outside north county probably don't know much about. can you tell me what that election was and why it was so divisive? >> well, typically you don't have a challenger to any inculp ben-special lib the county executive inch this case, the prosecutor actually came out and said that the county executive has a basically is corrupt, in so many words and he has been there for 24 years, and to say the county executive is corrupt, it shows he was completely against him and the tone they
so from the very beginning the commune has been asking for the fbi to get involved, because they didn't trust the local authorities. we have to see what happens when local authorities were handling this case. agains the community is asking for a special prosecutor. because we want everything to be transparent. and i really wish that prosecutor mccullough would just recuse himself so that there's no appearance of unbias of any sort. this is what the community is asking for. >> state...
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president, that he's going to be meeting with his investigators, he's going to be meeting with the fbi agents. we'll look at -- we want to get through tonight and we're hopeful folks will be peaceful. we're hopeful that -- last night -- i think it's important to for everybody to know, last night police officers had shots at them and as we woke up this morning, they didn't fire back and shoot or harm those folks and they, themselves, we didn't lose any officers last night. there was major police work done last night by captain johnson on the front line with the st. louis police department, county police department and a unified force. i'm confident the additional security provided to the command post will allow them to work togeth tonight in a challenges law enforcement situation. >> missouri governor jay nixon, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> we've got a live interview with the man who is at the center of this as much as anyone, captain ron johnson will join me live, next. stick around for that. ♪ ♪ start a team. join a team. walk to end alzheimer's. visit alz.org/walk today. m
president, that he's going to be meeting with his investigators, he's going to be meeting with the fbi agents. we'll look at -- we want to get through tonight and we're hopeful folks will be peaceful. we're hopeful that -- last night -- i think it's important to for everybody to know, last night police officers had shots at them and as we woke up this morning, they didn't fire back and shoot or harm those folks and they, themselves, we didn't lose any officers last night. there was major police...
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dorian johnson, my client, we met with the fbi yesterday, the u.s. attorney's office, the county prosecutor's office, the police department -- for three hours, we didn't stop talking till almost 6:00. as of yesterday at 6:00, dorian johnson is a federal witness now. so this issue now is one that's been taken over by the federal government. so we don't worry about bob mccullough anymore. >> the federal government can prosecute for things like hate crimes. but if it's simple murder or assault, can the federal government prosecute for that -- >> i think they will be able to find some angle in which they may be able to proceed with this matter. as a matter of fact, i believe they're going to present this case to a federal grand jury very soon. >> what did you make of the st. louis county prosecutor bob mccullough's comments, basically slamming jay nixon for the decision he made to essentially change the scene down here? >> well, think about this, the governor is in jefferson city. that's 137 miles away. what in god's name has gone on here that would caus
dorian johnson, my client, we met with the fbi yesterday, the u.s. attorney's office, the county prosecutor's office, the police department -- for three hours, we didn't stop talking till almost 6:00. as of yesterday at 6:00, dorian johnson is a federal witness now. so this issue now is one that's been taken over by the federal government. so we don't worry about bob mccullough anymore. >> the federal government can prosecute for things like hate crimes. but if it's simple murder or...
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the fbi is conducting one. as well as local st. louis county prosecutors office. we still on this day do not know the name of the officer. we do know the names of people that have been looting or have been accused of looting. we have their mugshots. there is genuine frustration and anger around here about the fact that there is a mismatch in who is being identified and who is not being identified. as i brought up with the governor today, in the press conference, it's fairly clear that under missouri open records law, the name of that officer which was contained in the incident report that was filed when mike brown was killed, that name is in that incident report and that incident report is as a matter of law a public open record. local police in ferguson have expressed, and i think very sincere concerns about the safety of that officer given the amount of anger and frustration that has built up here. governor nixon today when i asked him about precisely this, at first tiseemed to hedge and later indicated he'd like to see it be done expeditiously and indicated the
the fbi is conducting one. as well as local st. louis county prosecutors office. we still on this day do not know the name of the officer. we do know the names of people that have been looting or have been accused of looting. we have their mugshots. there is genuine frustration and anger around here about the fact that there is a mismatch in who is being identified and who is not being identified. as i brought up with the governor today, in the press conference, it's fairly clear that under...